Tom opened the door to the library and smiled as soon as he saw his student, Antonio.
Their meeting will start at five minutes later but his student is already there and earlier than him.
And just like any other time that he enters the room where Antonio is earlier than him, he found the latter very focused on what he is reading that he didn't notice the arrival of his teacher.
It's been almost a month now since Tom's first meeting with Antonio.
During the days he was with Antonio, sometimes he wondered if the latter was really human.
Every time he explains something, Antonio will just nod his head to say that he understands.
And every time he gave questions, Antonio would skillfully answer them, sometimes, he even gave exceptional answers that left Tom wondering if he is really qualified as Antonio's teacher.
Tom walked behind Antonio and peeked at the latter's book.
He is curious as to what his smart student is reading with that intelligence of his.
His eyes observed the content of the book, then he gulped.
'What the heck is he reading? Does he understand that?'
He pondered as he continued to stare at the book.
"What language is that?"
He muttered inadvertently.
The content of the book is full of weird alphabets that he can't understand.
His voice made Antonio turn to him in surprise.
"Teacher, you're here!"
Antonio greeted him with quite a cheerful voice.
"Yes, good morning, Young Master Yoyo."
Tom fixed his posture and greeted his student back with a smile.
Antonio closed his book and prepared himself for their review session.
The review session contains the summary of all the topics tackled for the Grade 12 level.
Even though Antonio already knows them since he hasn't forgotten what he had studied in his past life, he still paid attention to his teacher.
After he finished his review session for the day, he went back to his room to take a rest.
. . .
*Knock* *knock*
Christopher, who had a meeting conference with the company board members in less than ten minutes, glanced at the door of his office before speaking.
"Come in."
He is currently putting on his blazer and is getting ready to go out of his office.
The door opened and his secretary came in.
"Sir, the members of the board of directors are already in the conference room."
A man in a gray suit informed him while bowing.
Christopher just nodded his head before walking out of his office and to the conference room.
The moment he arrived inside the room, the directors all stood up and bowed to him.
"Good morning, Chairman!"
The people wearing all kinds of business suits stood up from their seats and simultaneously greeted the board chairperson, CEO Christopher Legaspi.
Even the President of the company, Alden Legaspi, bowed his head to his father to show his respect along with other board members.
Christopher nodded his head with an emotionless face before speaking.
"You may take your seats."
The board members took their seats and silence engulfed the whole room, not even a breath could be heard.
Alden, who had seen his father's affectionate and gentle expression when they were at home, is now seeing a serious and cold leader before him.
The meeting started with each member's report and ended after two hours.
Once Christopher and Alden left the room, everybody exhaled loudly.
"Gosh, I feel like I'm suffering from constipation every time I make eye contact with the chairman."
"You're not the only one … what do you think I feel when he inquired about my projects while looking at me with no emotions?"
"Nah, man … even the president's stare is dangerous—I feel like he'll kill me if I can't negotiate with one of our clients tomorrow."
The board directors continued to discuss about Christopher and Alden to themselves.
"I haven't seen them smile in my seven years of working here, such a shame for that handsome face of theirs."
A woman said while patting a cushion powder puff on her face and most of the people in the room agreed with her.
Except for one person.
The vice president of the board stood from her seat and slowly walked toward the door.
Everyone in the room went silent in realization that they've been talking too much about their superiors.
As soon as the vice president, who looks to be in her sixties already, arrived at the front of the door, she turned around to look at all the people inside the room.
She opened her mouth to speak.
"The chairman and the president are capable of smiling … but only to a few people."
The vice president said before finally leaving the room.
. . .
Smooch.
Antonio opened his eyes when he felt that something soft touched his cheeks.
"Brother Al?"
He groggily muttered as he focused his sight on his older brother's face that was only a few inches away from him.
"Yoyo, you should get up now, it's time for dinner already."
Alden said lovingly as he planted another kiss on Antonio's face.
Antonio nodded his head weakly and got up from his head with the help of Alden.
'It's dinner already?'
Antonio pondered as he took a glance at the clock on his bedside table.
He then realized that he slept like a log for the entire afternoon without eating lunch.
"I heard that you didn't have lunch."
Alden said as he cuddled Antonio who was sitting beside him.
He heard from Butler Carlson that Antonio was fast asleep and seemed to be very tired because he didn't respond when the butler tried to wake him up for lunch.
"Mm, I felt really sleepy earlier—never thought that I'd skip eating lunch."
Antonio replied to his brother.
The reason why he felt sleepy is because of the vitamins he took from Dr. Lordan.
The vitamins can help him grow taller but the effect is that he will feel sleepy thirty minutes after he takes it.
Dr. Lordan advised him to take it only after dinner but he mistook it for his vitamin c pill that he always took after breakfast, hence, he felt sleepy a few minutes after their review session began.
Alden nodded his head and stood up without letting go of Antonio.
"Brother Al?"
Antonio called out when Alden suddenly princess carried him and started walking to the door of the room.
"Dad is already in the dining room, let's go there already."
Alden said with a handsome grin on his face as he continued walking with Antonio in his arms.
"I can walk on my own."
Antonio said but Alden just smiled at him without putting him down.
Antonio sighed internally and just wrapped his arms around his brother's neck after realizing that his brother had no intention of letting him walk on his own feet.
The moment they arrived in the dining room, Christopher felt his mouth twitch when he saw his two sons.
His older son princess carrying his younger son is such a warm scene for his old heart.
He smiled as he watched how Alden carefully placed Antonio in his seat.
He's not the only one watching them, though.
The servants inside the dining room also felt a feather tingling their hearts at the sight of their two young master's brotherhood.
"I heard from Tom that you're doing very well on your review, Yoyo."
Christopher said while putting some dishes on Antonio's plate.
Antonio smiled at his father while gradually eating the food on his plate.
"Ah yes, Dad, Teacher made it easy for me to understand the topics."
Christopher and Alden smiled upon hearing Antonio's response.
They know that Antonio was just being humble.
In fact, they know that it is not because of Tom.
Every time Tom finished his session with Antonio, the former would always report everything to Butler Carlson.
And the family butler will relay it to his master and older young master.
Alden and Christopher heard from Butler Carlson that Tom felt useless as a teacher of Antonio.
Tom said that Antonio doesn't need too much guidance as he comprehends everything handed to him as if he has a computer-like mind.
"Then, are you ready for your acceleration exam three days from now on?"
Alden asked as he took a sip of wine from his wine glass.
Antonio wore a confident expression as he responded.
"Of course!"
. . .
"Hmm, you're doing a very good job."
Tom said as he picked another rolled paper from a box.
He unrolled the paper before reading the question to Antonio.
"What is the width of the rectangular house if the perimeter is 25 1/3 yards and the length is 22 feet?"
Tom read the question for Antonio before handing it to the latter to read it with his own eyes.
Antonio didn't read it though, he wrote his computation immediately after hearing his teacher's question.
And after ten seconds, he gave the answer to his teacher.
"The answer is sixteen feet, Teacher."
Antonio said while giving his computation to Tom.
Tom smiled as he compared his answer to his student's answer.
"Very good, that's correct."
He said and gave back the paper to Antonio.
He then grabs the box to take another roll of paper but the box is already empty.
"I think that's already the last question, Young Master Yoyo."
He said and put down the empty box.
They finished it sooner than he thought.
Antonio smiled and stretched his body.
This is the last day of his review because tomorrow will be the day for his acceleration exam.
"Thanks for tutoring me, Teacher!"
Antonio said politely as he felt grateful for the effort of the man in helping him with his review.
Tom smiled at him before patting his head.
"Well, I didn't really do much in teaching you, rather, it feels like I'm just monitoring your review progress—but anyway, good luck on your exam tomorrow, Young Master."